Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Meghalaya organised a training programme for the farmers at Upper Shillong for the cultivation of medicinal plants including Swertia chirayita (Chirayita) and Gaultheria fragrantissima (Jathynrat). 

This training was organised by IBSD under the Himalayan Bioresources Mission and the guidance of Prof. Pulok K. Mukherjee, Director IBSD to promote medicinal plants resources of the region for societal benefit and livelihood generation.  Bioentrepreneurship will lead to bioeconomy from bioresources of NE India, believes Prof Mukherjee and IBSD is working towards catalysing the entrepreneurial movement, he said. 

During the programme, farmers from Mawbeh village, East Khasi Hills District were trained for the cultivation and propagation of Chirayita, Jathynrat and explored various field trials of medicinal plants growing within the IBSD campus. 
During the event, aromatic oil extraction was performed from Jathynrat and demonstrated to farmers. IBSD is organising such programmes in the North Eastern Region to promote bioentrepreneurship and bioeconomy from bioresources. The programme was also attended by students, scholars and scientists of IBSD.